Daily Pilots Post: And one time, at band camp...

[ecstaticdance.livejournal.com]

Pilots love music.  Or maybe music loves Pilots?  I wouldn't blame it for a second if that were the case.  Anyways, taragel  discussed General Pilot Songs with us a while ago.

It got me thinking...  There are some songs that make me think of Pilots, but don't really fit for the entirety of their story.  I call them “Snapshot Songs.”  They fit for a particular story arc, or maybe even just for one moment.

For example:

"Life After You" by Daughtry
All that I'm after is a life full of laughter
As long as I'm laughing with you
I'm thinkin' that all that still matters is love ever after
After the life we've been through
'Cause I know there's no life after you

This is Lee, that night on New Caprica, or in Eye of Jupiter while he's trying to convince her to leave Sam.  It's Kara in Taking a Break From All Your Worries (though she can't come right out and say it because it scares her so), or maybe in Maelstrom.  Somewhere in that arc.  They've realized that it's not worth pretending, and running away won't work.  They want something simple and fabulous.  Or as simple as it could ever get for Pilots.


"Aurora" by Veruca Salt
See you up ahead,
but I don't know if I can go as far as you go
Everything keeps happening
And it's happening to me
I'm losing sight of its meaning
You blew away the meaning
I had it in my hand
Now where did it go, Aurora?

Lee, in the Son Also Rises.  He felt so much guilt over her death, which makes his inability to let himself just grieve her that much more painful.

So, let's make a game of this.  You provide some lyrics and/or a song title and artist, we try to figure out the arc or moment that it applies to.  Here are a couple to get us started:

"Break Even" by The Script
I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing,
Just prayed to a god that I don't believe in,
'Coz I got time while she got freedom,
'Coz when a heart breaks
no it don't break even.

...

What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you
What am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up and you're ok
I'm falling to pieces


"Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse
Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
Chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you 

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[rdave1.livejournal.com]

What Hurts The Most By Rascal Flatts

I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though going on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm ok
But that's not what gets me

What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was tryin' to do

It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go
But I'm doin' It
It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone
Still Harder
Getting up, getting dressed, livin' with this regret
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken

What hurts the most
Is being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do

What hurts the most
Is being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do

Not seeing that loving you
That's what I was trying to do
Ooohhh....

This is the song I think of when I see Lee's face after Adama tells him about Kara.

Also... This is the song that Lee would use to deal with loosing Kara while she went on the garbage ship.

Come Back To Me By David Cook

You say you gotta go and find yourself
You say that you're becoming someone else
Don't recognize the face in the mirror
Looking back at you

You say you're leavin
As you look away
I know theres really nothin left to say
Just know i'm here
Whenever you need me
I'll wait for you

So i'll let you go
I'll set you free
And when you see what you need to see
When you find you come back to me

Take your time i wont go anywhere
Picture you with the wind in your hair
I'll keep your things right where you left them
I'll be here for you

Oh and i'll let you go
I'll set you free
And when you see what you need to see
When you find you come back to me

And i hope you find everything that you need
I'll be right here waiting to see
You find you come back to me

I can't get close if your not there
I can't get inside if theres no soul to bear
I can't fix you i can't save you
Its something you have to do

So i'll let you go
I'll set you free
And when you see what you need to see
When you find you come back to me
Come back to me
So i'll let you go
I'll set you free
And when you see what you need to see
When you find you come back to me

And i hope you find everything that you need
I'll be right here waiting to see
You find you come back to me

When you find you come back to me
When you find you come back to me
When you find you come back to me

[ecstaticdance.livejournal.com]

Excellent songs, both, and perfect moments for them.